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b. 1639; 1st s. of William Trumbull† of Easthampstead Park, clerk of the signet 1661–78, by his 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 1652), da. of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin, under-sec. of state 1624–41, sec. to jt. cttee. of two kingdoms to Parliament and Commonwealth 1644–9. educ. Wokingham 1649–55; St. John’s, Oxf. 1655, BCL 1659, DCL 1667; fellow, All Souls, Oxf. 1657–?70; M. Temple 1657; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1664–6; adm. ct. of Arches 1667; adv. Doctors’ Commons 1668. m. (1) 24 Nov. 1670, Katherine (d. 1704), da. of Sir Charles Cotterell† of Westminster and Rousham, Oxon, s.p.; (2) Oct. 1706, Lady Judith, da. of Henry Alexander, 4th Earl of Stirling [S], 1s. 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1678; Kntd. 21 Nov. 1684. DNB; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 391–2; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 245; 1678, p. 61; DNB (Weckherlin, Georg Rudolph); All Souls, Oxf. mss 317 (Trumbull Mem.), ff. 1, 4; G. D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 180; Folger Shakespeare Lib. Newdigate newsletter, 15 Oct. 1706; VCH Berks. iii. 79.
Offices Held

Chancellor, Rochester dioc. 1671–87; freeman, Portsmouth 1683, Hedon 1695; verderer, Windsor forest by 1703–?d. Arch. Cant. xxiv. 169–70; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 367; BL, Trumbull Misc. mss 30, W. Revington to Trumbull, 25 Oct. 1695; Pope’s Poems ed. Audra and Williams, i. 125–7; Cal. Treas. Bks. xviii. 390–1.

Clerk of the signet 1683–d.; judge adv. of the fleet and commr. settling leases of properties, Tangier 1683; clerk of deliveries, Ordnance Feb.– Nov. 1685; ambassador, France, Sept. 1685–Oct. 1686, the Porte, Nov. 1686–91; ld. of Treasury 1694– Oct. 1695; PC 1/3 May 1695–1702; sec. of state (northern dept.) May 1695–7. CSP Dom. Jan.–June 1683, p. 16; 1684–5, p. 304; 1685, p. 379; 1694–5, pp. 118, 435; 1695, pp. 83, 351; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iii. 540; Newdigate newsletter, 1 May 1695; L. K. J. Glassey, Appt. JPs, 152.

FRS 1692.

Gov. of Hudson’s Bay Co. 1696–1700; member, Levant Co. 1686, gov. 1696–1710; commr. rebuilding St. Paul’s Cathedral 1692–d., Greenwich Hosp. 1704. A. C. Wood, Hist. Levant Co. 130–1, 255; info. from Prof. R. R. Walcot; E. E. Rich, Hudson’s Bay Co. (Hudson’s Bay Rec. Soc. xxi), 340, 275–6; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 267; 1702–3, p. 313; Daily Courant, 8 Aug. 1704.

Parlimentarian
TRUMBULL, Sir William (1639-1716), of Easthampstead Park, Berks.
Main residences: Easthampstead Park, Berks.; Gerrard Street, Westminster, Mdx.
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A.A.H.
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Commons 1690-1715
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TRUMBULL, Sir William (1639-1716)

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